Vito Tamulis
[edit] Biography
Born on July 11, 1911 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Vito Tamulis (Vitautris Casimirus Tamulis) played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 6 year career. Tamulis broke into the bigs on September 25, 1934 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.09 ERA in 160.2 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Vito Tamulis's best season was 1938, when he posted a 4.17 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 81 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 30
| 19
| 10
| 5
| 4.09
| 57
| 80
| 73
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 160.2
| 178
| 7
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7.63
| 11
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.1
| 26
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 38
| 18
| 12
| 6
| 3.83
| 70
| 81
| 68
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 159.2
| 181
| 11
| 40
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1938
| Total
|
| 41
| 20
| 12
| 9
| 4.17
| 81
| 96
| 81
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 175
| 207
| 13
| 50
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| 39
| 17
| 9
| 8
| 4.37
| 83
| 81
| 77
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 158.2
| 177
| 10
| 45
| 0
| 6
| 8
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 41
| 12
| 8
| 5
| 3.09
| 55
| 60
| 53
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 154.1
| 147
| 5
| 34
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9.00
| 5
| 13
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 21
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.68
| 8
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 22
| 21
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.56
| 13
| 23
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 34
| 42
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 136
| 48
| 29
| 20
| 3.89
| 221
| 245
| 219
| 21
| 2
| 9
| 506.2
| 547
| 28
| 136
| 0
| 13
| 14
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 34
| 22
| 11
| 8
| 4.18
| 73
| 95
| 86
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 185
| 211
| 9
| 66
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 170
| 70
| 40
| 28
| 3.97
| 294
| 340
| 305
| 31
| 6
| 10
| 691.2
| 758
| 37
| 202
| 0
| 14
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| NY
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1938
| Total
|
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 28
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 170
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 125
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 30
| 57
| 8
| 14
| 1
| 7
| .246
| .317
| .351
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .500
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 39
| 55
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 6
| .127
| .172
| .127
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1938
| Total
|
| 42
| 60
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 6
| .150
| .203
| .150
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| 39
| 55
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .182
| .196
| .218
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 42
| 46
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .130
| .184
| .152
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 138
| 163
| 14
| 23
| 0
| 9
| .141
| .176
| .160
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 34
| 66
| 10
| 17
| 1
| 7
| .258
| .329
| .348
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 172
| 229
| 24
| 40
| 1
| 16
| .175
| .222
| .214
| 4
| 1
| 14
| 27
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Harry Davis (December 4, 1937).
- Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Dodgers from St. Louis Browns (May 20, 1938).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and $100000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Kirby Higbe (November 11, 1940).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Lee Grissom (May 6, 1941).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Nashville (Southern Association) in exchange for Tom Drake and Tommy Tatum (July 31, 1941).
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